Escape Room Ideas

Whether you’re a fan of Breakout.edu or trying to create an Escape Room in general, you’ll appreciate the engagement principles that are inherent in these instructional approaches! My FAVORITE lesson of the year (and a REALLY great way to keep them engaged near year’s end) was having students CREATE THEIR OWN Escape Rooms!

How My STUDENTS Created Their Own Escape Room!!

Given the right guidance, virtually ANY grade level and ANY subject area can utilize the principles behind an escape room. In our rooms, we first established a theme for our Escape Rooms. Students designed Irish Potato Famine Escapes, Batman Cave Escapes and truly whatever theme suited their interests….which made it all the more engaging for them!!!

Next, students wrote the mystery letter:

The letter was the premise behind the escape. In their letter, they had to leave five blank spaces. “It’s What You Don’t Have That Counts!” Those five blank spaces were the guiding feature to each code….figure out what’s missing!